tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912490231700678655.post5526734107695633357..comments2010-05-12T21:08:26.239-04:00rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031namtab29@comcast.netBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912490231700678655.post-69134222937227407942007-09-26T17:47:00.000-04:002007-09-26T17:47:00.000-04:00holy crap, Craig--i didnt even notice that! what the???rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912490231700678655.post-28498416600796738092007-09-26T17:13:00.000-04:002007-09-26T17:13:00.000-04:00(By the way - is that a DC plug on a Marvel book?)Wich2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912490231700678655.post-30408487381196025402007-09-26T15:32:00.000-04:002007-09-26T15:32:00.000-04:00Matt Groening has said in a number of Simpsons DVD commentaries that as a kid he was so excited at the idea of the Dennis the Menace TV show--a show about a real bad seed little boy. then he was sooo disappointed over its overall lameness that it helped inspire him to create a real bad boy, Bart Simpson!rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912490231700678655.post-28571257394671340242007-09-26T15:23:00.000-04:002007-09-26T15:23:00.000-04:00When I was in England many years ago, I picked up a copy of Beano and was amazed to see that Dennis the Menace was a completely different character. He had slicked-down black hair and seemed much more mean spirited than the US version, whose mischief seemed largely benign. I thought the UK version was much funnier!__Nealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053148427058126745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912490231700678655.post-18425106516372679272007-09-26T15:13:00.000-04:002007-09-26T15:13:00.000-04:00Wow - no props here for the Den-Man!<BR/><BR/>I only now a smidge about the Brit one (any good sites out there?); but as for the Yank:<BR/><BR/>Yes, in later years the Ketcham Empire conglomerated- and blanded- out, like the Schulz Empire.<BR/><BR/>But the '50's newspaper panels, where the real zest of kid-hood where matched with true devil that's in a kid, was a big influence on Waterson's Calvin.<BR/><BR/>And some of the comics' ghosts outdid their master! Fred Toole & Al Wiseman's stuff, esp. the Christmas stories, is legend.<BR/>See Fred Hembeck:<BR/><BR/>http://www.hembeck.com/WordsAboutPictures/WisemanTooleDennis.htm<BR/><BR/>("...among the very best comic books ever produced, bar none!...)<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>-Craig W.wich2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912490231700678655.post-26174487376554930882007-09-26T09:07:00.000-04:002007-09-26T09:07:00.000-04:00Wow, I think I owned this, I agree that US Dennis was never funny. Quite unlike the UK version of the character of which I was born and raised.megomuseumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com